Unclassified road crash in Barnsley on 24 December 1990 at 14:40 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Barnsley at 14:40 on Monday 24 December 1990. A 32-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 24 Dec 1990; Monday, 14:40
Vehicles: 1; Ford Sierra
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 199014B102305
Council area: Barnsley
Police force: South Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
South East
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
55 years
Engine capacity
1,993 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
2 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 32, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
Pedestrian movement
Crossing from driver's nearside

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199014B102305 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Barnsley road accident statistics for 1990.